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Plans for a Marriott Marquis hotel to be built as the headquarters hotel for a new convention center in Nashville, Tenn., appear to be losing steam. The deal once seemed solid, but the city did not have contracts with the proposed developers or with Marriott. City officials say they hope other developers and hotel operators will propose alternative private-public financing plans.

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Newark, N.J., is getting its first new downtown hotel in nearly 40 years in the form of a Courtyard by Marriott. The 150-room hotel will be attached to the city's Prudential Center arena, home to the NHL's New Jersey Devils and Seton Hall men's basketball team. It is expected to be completed in 2012.

The opening of the Loews Atlanta in the spring will represent the last luxury hotel to open in the city for some time. The opening follows a small boom of luxury and ultraluxury hotels that took place when the market looked much brighter. But with more than 2,000 new rooms added to Atlanta in the past decade and occupancy hitting a record low of 53% in 2009, there likely won't be much new luxury development in the city any time soon.

The winter storm that struck Baltimore and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region prompted some of the city's hotels and restaurants to offer discounts and promotions to attract customers out of their homes. Some hotels offered "snow emergency rates" of up to half off regular prices. But managers say bookings related to the snow were unlikely to make up for canceled reservations.

After demolishing the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., to make way for a flashy new $1.5 billion resort-casino, Pinnacle Entertainment has abandoned its plans for the project. The company said its reasons for dropping the plan included the city's prolonged gaming slump, competition from neighboring states and the uncertain economy. It says it will sell the Boardwalk property.

Officials in Nashville, Tenn., selected Marriott International this week to operate a proposed 1,000-room convention center hotel for the city. The Marriott Marquis, which would cost about $300 million, will be the fourth hotel of its kind, joining similar hotels in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Times Square, in New York City